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outflown

outflown is the past participle of outfly.

Meaning of outfly

Verb

outfly (third-person singular simple present outflies, present participle outflying, simple past outflew, past participle outflown)

  1. (transitive) To fly better, faster, or further than.
    • It shows the peahens that the peacock is strong. And it shows other males that this peacock can outstrut, outfly, outcourt, and generally outcompete them.2014, Bill Nye, Corey S. Powell, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
  2. (figuratively) To exceed, or excel at.
    • She gave thee beauty — shaft of eyes, / That every shaft of war outflies!1800, Thomas Moore, Odes of Anacreon

Questions about outflown

What is outflown the past participle of?
Outflown is the past participle of outfly.

Words near outflown in the dictionary

  1. outflow boundaries
  2. outflow boundary
  3. outflowed
  4. outflowing
  5. outflowings
  6. outflown
  7. outflows
  8. outflue
  9. outflues
  10. outflung
  11. outflush

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outflown (page history and authors); outfly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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